Spice's Spot Graphics Tutorials

Lesson 5 - Plastic Text

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Throughout this tutorial - DO NOT DE-SELECT THE TEXT!!!             

Using PSP.4.0 ( PSP 5.0 will need a different method)

1.  Load PSP 4.0 and Go to "File" in the top left hand corner of the screen

2. Click on "New Image"

3. Choose Width  260 Pixels
               Height   80 Pixels

    Resolution 72 - pixels per inch
    Background White
    16.7 million colours.

4. Enter Text you want- I chose Vivala - keep colour at this stage as WHITE

Your PSP 4.0 text Screen should be set as below as for Lesson 4,
BUT FLOATING should NOT be ticked.

   
Click O.K.

DO NOT DE-SELECT THE TEXT!!!

5.From Menu across top of PSP4.0 Table choose Image
   and from drop down menu choose "Special Effects" and "Cut Out"
   UNCHECK fill interior
   Settings should be Shadow Colour:Black
                               Opacity: 255
                               Blur: 5
                               Vertical Offset: -1 (minus One)
                               Horizontal Offset: -1 (Minus One)

CLICK O.K.

Your image should now look like this

DO NOT DE-SELECT THE TEXT!!!

6. Go to Menu Bar of PSP4.0 and choose "Image" then Special Filters and Emboss

Your text should now look as above.
DO NOT DE-SELECT THE TEXT!!!

7. Now choose from Menu Bar COLORS/COLORIZE
Hue 161
Saturation 255

Click O.K.

DO NOT DE-SELECT THE TEXT!!!

8.  Now choose from Menu Bar, Image, Special Effects/ and finally ADD DROP Shadow.
Color  Black
Opacity  180
Blur 10
Vertical 5
Horizontal  5
Select O.K.

Your finished image should look as above and you can now de-select your text.

9. Go to "File" in PSP 4.0 Menu, and from drop down list choose "Save as" and then
    pick a folder on your hard drive and save the image as "Your name.jpg"

   Now experiment yourself, using the method above, up to and including stage 6.
   Then choose different settings for Hue and Saturation, so changing the colour,
   and finish with the same drop shadow settings. Choose a different coloured
   background, other than white, if you wish, but always keep text colour as
   white, changing the finished text colour with your own hue/saturation settings.
            

MORE tutorials soon!!

Lesson 1 / Lesson 2 / Lesson 3 /  Lesson 4 /  Lesson 6

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